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DUPLEX MIRROR.

No. 499,630. Patented June 13, 1893.

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DUPLEX MIRROR.

No. 499,630. Patented June 13, 1893,

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CHARLES H. FRENCH, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND DAVID HEALD, OFMILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DUPLEX MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,630, dated June 13,1893. Application filed July 9, 1891. Serial No. 398,932. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. FRENCH, of Maiden, in the county of'Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and DAVID HEALD, of Milford, inthe State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Duplex Mirrors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates chiefly to a bureau or other like article offurniture provided with a mirror, and it has for its object to provide aneat and serviceable means for applying a second mirror to the samearticle of furniture in such a manner that the second mirror can beturned so as to stand at any desired angle with reference to the usualmirror.

To this end the invention consists in the improvements which we will nowproceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,Figure 1, represents a front elevation of a portion of a bureau having acabinet with our improved means for supporting a second mirror andshowing the second mirror swung outwardly to exhibit its supporting arm.Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section of the cabinet and its mirror.Fig. 3 represents a section similar to Fig.2, showing the second mirrormoved outwardly.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

In the drawings: a represents a mirror which is mounted upon asupporting frame, which frame may be of any suitable construction, itbeing here shown as a bureau b, the general shape and design of which isunimportant, and said bureau may be of any desired style and shape.

0 represents the second mirror, which, with its supporting arm andholding devices hereinafter described, constitutes the chief novelty ofour invention. The mirror 0 is supported by a jointed, horizontallyswinging arm which is composed of two members at and d, one end of saidarm being attached to a fixed support, which is preferably a part of thestructure of the bureau 6, while its other end is attached to the backof the frame of the mirror 0. The said fixed support is shown in thedrawings as a vertical wall or partition 6 forming the frontof acabinetor box e suitably aflixed to the frame-Work of the bureau. Said wall orpartition is preferablylocated at a considerable distance from the backof the cabinet 6', so that a space 6 for the reception of variousarticles is formed behind said partition, said space being reached fromthe doorway having a door e The partition 8 is recessed or set back fromthe front of the easing or cabinet 6', as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, sothat a space of sufficien't depth exists between the front edge of thecasing or cabinet and the partition 6 for the reception of thesupporting arm (1 at when the mirror 0 is moved back into contact withthe front edge of the casing e, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner end of thesection 01 of the supporting arm is connected with the partition e bymeans of a vertical pivot 5. The outer end of the section d is connectedby a vertical pivot 6 with a short arm or terminal d which is connectedby a horizontal pivot 8 with ears 9 9 attached to the back of the frameof the mirror 0. The sections at d are connected at their meeting endsby a vertical pivot 7. The three pivots 5, 6 and '7 enable the mirror toswing horizontally in any desired direction, so that it may beardirectly against the front of the cabinet or casing e, as shown inFig.2, or may be swung outwardly and turned at any desired angle; andmay, if desired, be caused to face or reflect any desired portion of themirror at, so that the two mirrors may constitute a duplex mirror, aswill be readily seen. The horizontal pivot 8 enables the mirror 0 to beinclined at various angles, so that its upper end may be moved out orin, its lower end being moved in the direction opposite to its upperend. The terminal d ears 9 9, and pivot 8 constitute a friction hingeadapted to be tightened so as to resist by friction the swingingmovement of the mirror sufficiently to hold the mirror at any desiredinclination. When the mirror 0 is pressed back against the front of thecasing 6 it is locked or held by the engagement of a stud t' affixed tothe back of the mirror with springs j 7' affixed to the front of thepartition e, the arrangement of said parts being such that when themirror is moved back to the position shown in Fig. 2 the stud 2', whichhas an enlarged head, will enter the space between the springs 7' j, andwill be held thereby with sufficient force to prevent the loose outwardswinging of the mirror.

When it is desired to use the mirror 0 in connection with the mirror a,the operator, grasping two handles 0 0 on the frame of the mirror 0 anddrawing the same outward with sufficient force to overcome the force ofthe springs j j, detaches the mirror 0 from said springs, the mirrorbeing then free to swing to any position within the limits of itsadjustability. It will be seen that when the mirror 0 is pushed backagainst the casing eit covers and conceals the jointedarm, andconstitutes a neat and ornamental front for said casing, the springcatch preventing it from separating from the casing sufficiently to forma crevice of any considerable width. Hence when the mirror is in theposition shown in Fig. 2 it has the appearance of being the fixed frontof the casing e.

The mirror a may be secured to the supporting frame or structure by anysuitable means, and may, if desired, be secured by two jointed arms inthe manner shown, for example, in Letters Patent No. 434,659, granted jto Richard I. Elliot, August 19, 1890.

19 (Figs. 2 and 3) represents a stud attached to the back of the mirror0 in position to,

strike the member 01' when the mirror is being swung inwardly from theposition shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 2. The object of saidstud is to force the pivot 7 inwardly to a definite position by theinward movement of the mirror, so that the stud twill not fail to engagethe springsjj. If said stud p were not employed the pivot 7 would not besure to swing inwardly far enough to cause the stud and springs toco-operate.

We claim 1. The combination with a casing havinga recess, of a mirroradapted to cover said recess, and a supporting arm for said mirror, thesaid arm consisting of two members of substantially the same lengthjointed together and connecting one side of the back of the mirror withone side of the recess and adapted to fold within said recess,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing or cabinet having a recess at its frontor outer portion, of a mirror formed to cover said recess, a jointed armconsisting of two members pivoted together, each of which is ofsubstantially the same length and nearly equal to the width of saidrecess, one of said members being pivoted at one end to the casing atone side of said recess and the other member being pivoted at its outerend to one side of the back of the mirror, said jointed arm permittingthe mirror to move freely toward and from the casing, and means forretaining the mirror in closed position over the recess, as set forth.

3. The combination of a supporting frame or structure, such as a bureau,a mirror to supported thereby, a second mirror 0, a spring catch adaptedto yieldingly secure said mirror to the casing and a jointed armconnected at one end with the supporting structure and at the other endwith the second mirror, by

means of the ears 9, 9, and the horizontal pivot 8 said arm beingarrangedto support the second mirror in various positions with relationto the mirror a, and a stud or projection on the back of thesecondmirror arranged to strike the outer member of the jointed arm whenthe second mirror is being moved inwardly, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specificatiomiinthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of July,

CHARLES 1-1. FRENCH. DAVID HEALD.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, EWING W. HAMLEN.

